England may not save the Adelaide Test but they felt they went some way
towards getting their tour back on an even keel with the fight they showed
on the fourth day.

Joe Root, the Yorkshire batsman, contributed 87 towards the side’s
second-innings score of 247 for six. Root hinted that their thoughts may be
as much about restoring belief after the early batting disasters of the
series as achieving what now looks like the forlorn aim of saving the second
Test.

“We knew we had to front up today,” he said. “We had to put in a performance
and